#moving

#moving

An obsessive, tortured domesticity runs through the fiction of Claire-Louise Bennett. The narrator of "Pond" (2015) forms an uncommon attachment to her seaside cottage: she takes great pains with the arrangement of her breakfast and her garden, organizing crockery "into jaunty stacks along the window ledge" and spending a memorable chapter on the deteriorating control knobs of her mini-kitchen. "Checkout 19" (2021), by contrast, is haunted by the absence of a proper home and the despair of unbelonging.

The mom of three sons - Calvin, 8, Oliver, 5, and Rusty, 4 - posted a carousel of images on Instagram on Oct. 23 showing Dylan repainting the room from olive green to a more neutral color. She also included sweet shots of the boys in their bedroom (including their massive triple bunk bed!) through the years. "This room holds a lot of memories and I thank God every day for each and every one of them," she wrote in the Instagram caption. "And the boys have a whole lifetime of love and dreams ahead of them! Just not in a triple bunk bed!"

Looking at rentals after my divorce, all I could see was expansive space - so much for my daughters and me to fill. But when I found the perfect location, I knew it was time. We craved that space, as overwhelming as it was - space to call home, space to furnish. I reminded myself of the potential and signed the lease.

It's August and my mom is moving. My dad passed away a little less than a year ago, and after a slog of a winter living in the house they once shared, Mom decided that she wouldn't tolerate another one. So she found a townhouse close to my sister's house: small, airy, and bright. It was perfect. It was also empty.

As someone who just moved into a new house, I know how hard it can be to stay organized. From packing up your old place to trying to decide what to keep and what to toss, moving can get super-overwhelming - fast. On top of that, when you load all your belongings into identical-looking boxes or bags, unpacking gets confusing. That's why when I came across this TikTok video by Emma Villaneda (@thecraftstudioco), I wished I'd discovered it a few weeks earlier.

Ariana Biermann and Hudson McLeroy moved into their new NYC apartment weeks ago, just one year after relocating from their hometown in Georgia.

I use thick-tipped Sharpies to write on the sides and tops of the boxes, using labels like: Shelve, Store, Autographed, or Book Fairies.

Data shows that Americans move 11.7 times on average throughout their lifetime, making moving to a new home a nearly universal experience that most of us can identify with.